A new "Japanese-Italian" star was born. Yusaku Tamura was the big surprise – and entertainment – of the night during the first episode of the 8th edition of X Factor Italia, which began last week.
Arriving on stage wearing a kimono, Yusaku told the judges he had arrived in Rome from Japan only three days before to take part in the audition. Originally from the region of Hokkaido, Yusaku explained he likes Italian pop music and, in particular, Mina and Marco Mengoni; in fact, for his casting audition, he chose to perform the song “L’Essenziale” by Mengoni, winner of the 3rd edition of X Factor Italia. But because of his difficulty to pronounce the ‘l’ sound, the song became a rather entertaining “R'essenziare”.
In the end, Yusaku’s version of “L’essenziale”, which included a part in Japanese, conquered the entire jury (Mika, Victoria Cabello, Fedez e Morgan), who voted 'Yes' unanimously.
Yusaku not only conquered the jury, but also the X Factor public, who have already made him their idol and a topic trend on social media.
Watch Yusaku on X Factor below:
